2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team explained

Year:2015
Team:Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns
Sport:football
Conference:Sun Belt Conference
Short Conf:Sun Belt
Record:4–8
Conf Record:3–5
Head Coach:Mark Hudspeth
Hc Year:5th
Off Coach:Jay Johnson
Oc Year:5th
Off Scheme:Spread
Codef Coach1:Charlie Harbison
Codc1 Year:1st
Codef Coach2:Melvin Smith
Codc2 Year:1st
Def Scheme:4–3
Stadium:Cajun Field

The 2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Mark Hudspeth and played their home games at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Louisiana. The Ragin' Cajuns were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in a five way tie for fifth place.

Preseason

Award watchlists

The following players were named to preseason award watchlist

Walter Camp Award

Lombardi Award

Doak Walker Award

Paul Hornung Award

Sun Belt Media Day

Sun Belt Conference Players of the Year

Offensive Player of the Year – Elijah McGuire, RB (Louisiana-Lafayette)

Predicted standings

Sun Belt Conference predicted standings
1 Georgia Southern 110 (6)
2 Louisiana-Lafayette 108 (3)
3 Arkansas State 96 (1)
4 Appalachian State 82
5 Texas State 78
6 South Alabama 68 (1)
7 UL Monroe 59
8 Troy 39
9 Georgia State 32
10 New Mexico State 30
11 Idaho 24

Preseason All–Conference Team

Offense

QB Fredi Knighten (Arkansas State)

RB Matt Breida (Georgia Southern)

RB Elijah McGuire (Louisiana-Lafayette)

WR J. D. McKissic (Arkansas State)

WR Donovan Harden (Georgia State)

WR Rashon Ceaser (UL Monroe)

TE Joel Ruiz (Georgia State)

OL Jesse Chapman (Appalachian State)

OL Darien Foreman (Georgia Southern)

OL Chris May (South Alabama)

OL Joseph Scelfo (South Alabama)

OL Adrian Bellard (Texas State)Defense

DL Chris Stone (Arkansas State)

DL Ronald Blair (Appalachian State)

DL Gerrand Johnson (UL Monroe)

DL Javon Rolland-Jones (Arkansas State)

LB John Law (Appalachian State)

LB Xavier Woodson (Arkansas State)

LB Joseph Peterson (Georgia State)

DB Doug Middleton (Appalachian State)

DB Mitch Lane (UL Monroe)

DB David Mims II (Texas State)

DB Montres Kitchens (Troy)Specialists

PK Aleem Sunanon (South Alabama)

P Austin Rehkow (Idaho)

RS Blaise Taylor (Arkansas State)[1]

Schedule

Louisiana–Lafayette announced their 2015 football schedule on February 27, 2015. The 2015 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Ragin' Cajuns hosted Sun Belt foes Louisiana–Monroe, New Mexico State, Texas State, and Troy, and traveled to Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia State, and South Alabama.[2]

Schedule source:[3]

Game summaries

See also: 2015 Kentucky Wildcats football team.

Northwestern State

See also: 2015 Northwestern State Demons football team.

Akron

See also: 2015 Akron Zips football team.

At Louisiana Tech

See also: 2015 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team.

Texas State

See also: 2015 Texas State Bobcats football team.

At Arkansas State

See also: 2015 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team.

Louisiana–Monroe

See also: 2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team.

At Georgia State

See also: 2015 Georgia State Panthers football team.

At South Alabama

See also: 2015 South Alabama Jaguars football team.

New Mexico State

See also: 2015 New Mexico State Aggies football team.

At Appalachian State

See also: 2015 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team.

Troy

See also: 2015 Troy Trojans football team.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sun Belt Announces 2015 Preseason Football All-Conference Teams . Sun Belt Conference . 14 Aug 2015.
  2. Ragin' Cajuns Officially Release 2015 Schedule. University of Louisiana–Lafayette Department of Athletics. February 27, 2015. March 30, 2015.
  3. Web site: 2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Football Schedule. FB Schedules. March 30, 2015.